I Heart Evin: August

In August I was soaking up the last few weeks of summer with my girl.

The more visits we made to Hawaiian Falls, the more she loved it.

This tiny Elsa still loves to belt it out to Let It Go. I can't handle her animation...cracks me up!

Her first big girl gown. I was hesitant to put them on her for fear that she would get cold. She never woke up while wearing it, so she must have been fine. After this night she would ask to wear her gown to be. :)

Cute (and difficult to photograph!) cousins.

She loves to help her Daddy water the grass.

My two favorites!

Evin loved her pink sandals so much, I bought her some clear sparkly sandals that were very similar. When they came in the mail, we immediately put them on and she admired them the rest of the day.

We finally convinced her that sprinkler running is fun!

Evin was excited to check the mailbox to discover that Lane had left a piece of mail in there for her.

Potty training boot camp took place in August. We stayed home for three days straight and Evin either went bare-bottomed or wore panties. Were we went, the potty went, too.

I tried various rewards for our potty training attempts, since she didn't really seem to care about the M&M rewards from the first time we tried. We tried a sticker chart for awhile, but it didn't give the instant reward that she needed. We ended up giving either Skittles or small Starburst bites for potty rewards and she got to choose from a "treasure box" of little toys when she pooped in the potty.

This was the first treasure box prize she selected and this face cracks.me.up.

She was so proud.

We braided her pony's mane and tail, and she decided that she had to have a braid, too. This was the beginning of her hair braid love, and she wants me to fix it this way often. Too bad her hair is so fine, because it won't hold a braid for very long!

She loves him, and he loves her when she lets him lay on her blanket.

Another Hawaiian Falls day! E said, "Too bright!"

I was feeling brave and took Evin to school with me to get some things done in my classroom. I have a little kitchen set in my room, so it provided some entertainment, but her favorite thing was dumping math manipulatives out all over the floor. I gave up on accomplishing anything pretty quickly, and we left.

Evin wound up sick (again), which meant she was in bed with us for a couple of nights.

One of my favorite parts of August- taking Evin to the circus!

Big truck, little girl

Her first trip to the circus meant picking out a souvenir. She chose a white tiger with a pink blanket and (with help), she named it Bailey (after Barnum & Bailey).

Her favorite part? The elephants! Lions/tigers were a close second.

We had a lot of fun and also made a lot of trips down the stairs to the bathroom. Probably like 10 trips. And she never once went to the bathroom.

We stopped by Petco to check out the animals. She loves this black bunny!

I love ALL of these faces.

We woke up early one Saturday and headed to my mom's house to see the Mansfield High School band march through the neighborhood. They do this every year to raise money through donations. I forgot to snap a picture of her watching, but Evin loved it and wanted to see more after they were gone. We settled on donuts followed by watering Mums' flowers instead.

One of her favs is playing in the bed of Daddy's truck.

...awkward smile....

...cheesy smile!

Evin loved having Miss Rae as her Little Gym teacher this spring/summer. We have to switch classes because I am starting back to work, and Miss Rae will no longer be Evin's teacher. We are so sad!

I started school towards the end of the month. Lots of hours went into lesson planning, setting up my classroom, and decorating. I worked hard on the bulletin board outside of my room! Each kid had their own hot air balloon with their name on it. :)

She LOVES to hang from the high bar.

Silly, silly girl.

She still loves her crib. We have yet to transition her to a big girl bed because she has never tried to climb out of her crib and she is a great sleeper, so we haven't rocked the boat!

Evin helped Pa blow out the candles for his birthday. She loves Pa and running in to see him and grab a jellybean from him when she arrives at their house.

Evin and Mums go to the library about once a week to pick out new books. I usually get a text message with a picture in this very same spot each time they visit.

We ventured over to Dallas one Saturday to visit the Coots, have lunch, and shop a little. All three kiddos were wearing coral and all three got a Ring Pop treat. Yum!

One of Evin's favorite things to do is load up her little grocery cart with toys and push it around. She added in a crossbody bag and a teddy bear for this shopping trip. ;)